Large Coiled Metal Currency, Nigeria
height 4 1/2in (11.4cm)
ekwe, the heavy spiral bronze with trumpet-shaped ends that feature incised patterns, together with:
Ways of the Rivers: Arts and Environment of the Niger Delta, Anderson Martha G. , Peek Philip M. , University Of California Los Angeles, Fowler Museum (2002)
Provenance:
Patricia Whithof, London
Private American Collecton
cf. Ways of the River, page 54 for a discussion on manillas and fig. 1.26a for a similar example.
ekwe, the heavy spiral bronze with trumpet-shaped ends that feature incised patterns, together with:
Ways of the Rivers: Arts and Environment of the Niger Delta, Anderson Martha G. , Peek Philip M. , University Of California Los Angeles, Fowler Museum (2002)
Provenance:
Patricia Whithof, London
Private American Collecton
cf. Ways of the River, page 54 for a discussion on manillas and fig. 1.26a for a similar example.
Sold for
US$ 1,062
inc. premium
Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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